I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

It's fun to play people who are flawed.

There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.

It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.

My whole life, I've been telling jokes.

Humor is healing.

I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're all flawed.

We don't take care of our teachers and our cops and our firemen. They should be at the top of our list.

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.

But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

Actually, I have my own charity that I started that helps supplement families with terminal children.

Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor. The unadulterated fear was on a level that was hard to explain.

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.

I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.

I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have this group of writers, directors, and actors that just gel, and it seems to literally be happening more and more.

I think I'm better wired for television. I love variety as far as a project. I'm easily bored and the schedule of a television show, it just keeps you going.

I think as any artist you always want to grow; you always want to get better.

I'm the type of guy that feels pressure when I have to order dinner. I'm just that type of guy but that's my fuel. I work well with pressure.

It's like whether you're in a huge movie or you've just recorded an incredible album you've got to do the next thing, and that's part of being an artist.

I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.

I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all been geologists - you know, the guys who are doing fieldwork until they're 70.

All of my husbands have robbed me blind.

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

When a child, she was pretty, and, as she grew up, became still more and more beautiful, until, at the age of sixteen, she was beauty itself.

Smells are the fallen angels of the senses.

If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.

I was taught as a young child by my parents and family to love myself.

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing.

Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.

When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They see someone whose family has worked hard and struggled. And they see many similarities between themselves and Barack Obama.

Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.

Globalization has made national boundaries more porous but not irrelevant. Nor does globalization mean the creation of a universal community.

The weaker the country, the stronger the smile.

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

A lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you're writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don't have to do it over.

I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don't know if I could do that all the time.

We cannot consume our way into personal growth. Yet, millions of us have bought into this cynical concept of faux identity.

I played at Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, Big Machine, Capitol... after I played every one of those places, everyone offered me a record deal. I was just like, 'Who am I? Why do I even deserve this?' There are people busting their butts on Broadway doing this hardcore, playing three hours a night for tips, and I didn't even ask for it.

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

I personally like to shop in person so I can feel the product.

Every American deserves their day in court. Every American is innocent until proven guilty. These are core values enshrined in our founding document - the United States Constitution.